Much to the surprise of many leaders in the opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party has overtaken the Congress party as the largest party in the Rajya Sabha. Soon after the BJP’s V.K. Samhita took his oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Thursday morning, […]

If we assume no major changes in the state elections held in 2018 and 2019 (a strong but unavoidable assumption since we can’t predict the future), the NDA approaches a Rajya Sabha majority only in 2020.

The key to dealing with internal security is to keep the focus on both the people and society, and on the rule of law that, regrettably, ‘has been undermined by the rule of politics,’ says Vice President Hamid Ansari.

The Bill completely eliminates the option of identification by transgender persons as either male or female and even reinforces injurious stereotypes about transpersons being part male and part female.

The bill was easily passed, with the Congress Party coming on board, after the government made about six changes including scrapping of 1 per cent manufacturing tax and incorporating clearer provisions for the compensation of states.

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